Merlin has turned in to the classic annoying little brother

[Siwsan]

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He LOVES ambushing the other kid cats. I had to grab him, this morning, so that Carys could escape the room! He roams the house looking for things to use for his mischievous pleasure. Anything he finds on the floor is transformed in to a toy. Even a candy wrapper! He especially likes the clear ones. He will dive in to a waste basket to find something to scatter. Sometimes when I walk down the hall he wraps both front legs around my ankle and goes along for the slide ride. He does get the occasional whack from which ever he is tormenting but there's never any kind of fight where I would have to intervene.

He does have his sweet side, too. I woke up at 3am, AGAIN, after a very disturbing dream, and he immediately moved from the foot of the bed and curled up next to my head, purring away. Sometimes he even drapes himself across the top of my head and purrs. If my lap is full of his brothers, he climbs on top of which ever is right next to me so he can curl up beneath my chin.

The boy is just an amazing bundle of mischief, love and energy.

[House of Roberts]

1. I have one that can make a toy out of a crumpled grocery receipt.

They're just the right size and she can toss it into the air, chase it, and carry it from room to room. If you toss one into the wastebasket, she just looks visibly disappointed until you give it to her, and then it's game on!

[blm]

2. 😻

[Rebl2]

3. We had a cat

that, when she was a kitten, loved to play with crumpled up paper towels or piece of paper, more than her little toys. She passed away three weeks ago. First time we have not had a cat since 1987. It’s been very difficult.

[Siwsan]

4. I'm so sorry for your loss!!!

My kid cats are the one thing I know will make me smile, every single hour that I'm awake.

[Rebl2]

5. Thanks

I enjoy reading about your kitty kids and have been doing so since I believe 2020. I see how much joy they bring you!

[MIButterfly]

8. I am so sorry for your loss.

I know how painful it is. Please accept my deepest condolences.

[Rebl2]

9. Thank you

so much.

[niyad]

11. Lady Bast, please take Your little one gently home in Your loving arms,

and send peace and comfort to her grieving loved ones.

I am so very sorry for the loss of your precious little girl.

[3catwoman3]

6. When you're a cat, anything is a toy. Even moreso for kittens.

One of our current 4 is very fond of pencils. Also Q-tips. My husband uses Q-tips in his hobby of building model airplanes, and this cat knows exactly where they are in the model workshop. He helps himself whenever the opportunity presents itself. We find the remains of mangled Q-tips throughout the house.

I think most cats like long , slender objects like pencils, oens, straws, or chop sticks, and I think I might know why. My theory - a young kitten's first play things are the tails of their litter mates and moms. Perhaps these long slender objects make a lifelong imprint on them.

[MIButterfly]

7. Merlin keeping you (and the kid cats) on your toes!

What a mischievous little scamp! Tell the truth, you love him all the more for it. I had to laugh at your description of him wrapping his front paws around your ankle and going along for the slide ride down the hall - I can almost see it in my mind!

But at the end of the day, when it's all said and done, he is truly and foremost, a little lovebug! How absolutely precious that he takes such good care of you.

[Rebl2]

10. That description

of him wrapping his paws around her ankle made me chuckle too.😊